JD Supra

Navigating the Crossroads: Intellectual Property Protection and Traditional Knowledge

The intersection of traditional knowledge and intellectual property (IP) presents a challenging dichotomy for global legal systems. On one side lies the enormous economic potential inherent in ...
JD Supra

World Intellectual Property Organization Adopts Treaty on Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge

If the invention is based on genetic resources or associated traditional knowledge, patent applicants must “disclose the country of origin of the genetic resources and/or the Indigenous Peoples or ...
Mongabay

Traditional knowledge guides protection of planetary health in Finland

Undisturbed peatlands act as carbon sinks and support biodiversity. Finland has drained 60% — more than 60,000 km2 (23,000 mi2) — of its peatlands, releasing vast amounts of carbon dioxide into the ...
Grist

For Indigenous communities, protecting traditional knowledge means reimagining how it is preserved

This story is part of Fix’s Mentorship Issue exploring the unique ways climate leaders found their calling, and how new approaches to mentorship are upending old power structures. Check out the full ...
KQED

Traditional Knowledge Meets Science in Northern California Tribe's Environmental Planning

The Karuk Tribe in Northern California is crafting an environmental policy that unites traditional knowledge with more contemporary environmental sciences–pushing back against years of bias dismissing ...
Ensia

Can traditional knowledge keep California from going up in flames?

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The Conversation

Patently insufficient: a new intellectual property treaty does little to protect Māori traditional knowledge

David Jefferson is the Secretary of the Knowledge of Oceania Society. Jesse Pirini is the President of the Knowledge of Oceania Society. Jessica C Lai does not work for, consult, own shares in or ...